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Blackpool named favourite UK

seaside resort by Which?
 Thursday, 17 June 2010 00:20 UK
 

Blackpool's tower and fairground attractions are major tourist draws

Blackpool is the UK's favourite seaside resort, according to research by consumer organisation Which?.The Lancashire town, known for stag and hen parties as well as its Pleasure Beach, famous tower and illuminations, was all-time favourite in the survey.
Some 6.7% of 4,217 adults surveyed preferred it, ahead of Brighton in Sussex, which had 5.9% of the vote.
Whitby, in North Yorks, was placed third. Its near-neighbour Scarborough came fifth behind Bournemouth, Dorset.
 
 
FAVOURITE UK RESORTS
  • Blackpool, Lancs
  • Brighton, Sussex
  • Whitby, North Yorks
  • Bournemouth, Dorset
  • Scarborough, North Yorks
  • Newquay, Cornwall
  • Torquay, Devon
  • St Ives, Cornwall
  • Skegness, Lincs
  • Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Source: Which?

Face-to-face interviews were conducted randomly with adults across the UK. To vote, respondents had to have visited a UK resort within the previous five years.
They were asked which was their all-time favourite resort and what they liked about it. One described Blackpool's annual winter illuminations as "simply breathtaking".

Brighton received high praise for its promenade, pier and proximity to open countryside. The scenery and surrounding countryside of resorts in Yorkshire were the main draw, while Bournemouth was most popular for its beaches.

The survey also found 40% of UK adults took a trip to the seaside in 2009, although 20% said they would be more likely to visit a UK resort in 2010 than previously.
Rochelle Turner, head of research for Which? Holiday, said: "Millions of Brits will be taking holidays at home this year. It's certainly one way to ensure you don't fall victim to volcanic ash.   "While Blackpool may not be able to guarantee the weather, with its host of theatres, fairgrounds and every conceivable promenade entertainment, it's easy to see why the granddaddy of seaside towns still manages to draw the crowds."
It will come as a boost to Blackpool after a VisitEngland survey last year reported that the number of annual visitors to the town had dropped to 1.38m in 2008 from 1.87m the previous year.
Despite this, it was still sixth on the tourism agency's list of the top 10 most-visited English towns and cities.

 

 
Comments from John:
 
I have been to Blackpool, just once, and I was warned NOT to expect style and class or anything resembling culture,  and we could not even find a decent coffee anywhere in town, and no trees, no bushes, no grass and not a single park in the main town at all,  just concrete and tacky shope fairgrounds and amusements everywhere. No style, No class.  I enjoyed it a lot, but it is not a place I would wish to live. 
 
The beach was impressive as were many of the old attractions like the tower and piers, theatres and some of the old hotel buildings,   and like so many towns, it is a mish mash of places built with little thought of town planning and everything is designed around hedonism and not style, and this is a shame, a desperate shame and a design flaw in town planning.
Bournemouth's tourist numbers are way above Blackpool with a reported 4.3 million visitors a year, which says a great deal, and with style and class,  give me Bournemouth any day over anywhere else.
 
I am actually quite surprised Blackpool came top of the list, as it really is quite a tacky place - and I mean absolutely no offense in saying that - it is - quite simply - a stag and hen party place,  full of wonderful people who get down and enjoy a laugh and are all very friendly and sincere,  and compared to the more stuck up attitudes you can find here in the south,  its warm welcome and generous hospitality is what many want from a vacation resort.  I think maybe I needed to spend a lot of time there, reallt get into the way things are and be more avccepting.  It's just that I missed gree spaces and parks, river walks and countryside in the town,  and trees, grass and real life.  I really did miss open spaces with the town otself to feel grass under your feet and be with nature,  and I found that aspect of Blackpool actually quite shocking. 
 
Good for Blackpool. It certainly needs a boost as it is sliding into oblivion and the illuminations are old fashioned and 'done' and in serious trouble of becoming a joke amongst the more experienced traveller who expects things to be a lott emore 'up market.'
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

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